2001 · Lockheed Martin
NROL-12 (Quasar 14)
successAtlas IIAS | NROL-12
The primary purpose of the SDS satellites is to relay imagery from low-flying reconnaissance satellites, notably the Keyhole optical reconnaissance and Lacrosse/Onyx radar reconnaissance satellites to ground stations in the United States.
Overview
- Date / time
- October 11, 2001 at 02:32 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36B
- Mission
- NROL-12 (Quasar 14)
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Orbit